Peter Bisek

AFoCR Director, Peter Bisek was born in 1941 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Since 1965, he has lived in the United States and currently resides in Long Island, New York with his wife, Vera. His son, Jonathan, currently resides in Pilsen, Czech Republic, where he is a manager for the Pilsner Urquell Brewery. His daughter, Veronica, is a corporate lawyer with the law firm Skadden, Arps.

Mr. Bisek is the owner of Typrints Company in Glen Cove, NY. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Czech & Slovak-American bi-weekly, Americké Listy which he publishes with his wife Vera.

Mr. Bisek is also President of the Bohemian Citizens’ Benevolent Society of Astoria, Inc. which owns the Bohemian Hall and Garden, in Astoria, New York.

Mr. Bisek is a certified rowing coach and a master rower-competitor.

In 1995, he founded American Friends of the Czech Republic, a national non-profit advocacy foundation which promotes U.S./Czech business and political ties. He served as its president through the end of 1998 and was instrumental in mobilizing public support for Czech admission to NATO.

He received a B.A. from the University of Illinois (Urbana) in 1966, and served as an Air Force intelligence officer from 1967 to 1971, including in Vietnam. He received a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1974, and is proficient in Russian, German and Czech.